The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-03


had never been submitted to the Com
missioner, but if it emanated from
any person, but the gentleman from
Missouri. Burnes) he was ignorant
of that fact. The bill was
conspicuous for what was not
in it. 1t omitted the appropriation of
81, 600 900 for services rendered by the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, over
1000 miles of leased lines. The SUI
preme court had held that the sum was
due and payable-by the Government.
The case had been prepared by the
Democratic Attorney General, and if
that officer by fraud, COLLISION or igno-
rance, failed to do his duty, the gentle
man from Missouri should have moved
| tee also failed to appropriate S2S ,O00, 600
to pay the judgment of the court of
claims in favor of the Choctaw Nation.
Burns, of Missouri, in response to
Cannon'S criticism said the bill had
been approved informally by members
! OF the majority, and had been printed
for a week. Patent frauds had been
committed by the company, and it was
an easy turn of facts and circum-
stances, that before a jury would
convict every member of that corpora
| ton who had participated in its man
| agenlent for the last ten years of its
conduct and would make him better
| fitted for the cell Of a prison than for
| a chamber of statesmen.
| The motion to suspend the rules was
agreed to. and the bill passed.
Holman, of Indiana, moved to suS-
pend the rules and put upon its pas
sage the Legislative Appropriation
Bill
| Holman, of Indiana, moved to sus-
pend the rules and put upon its passage
the Legislative appropriation, as
| amended by the committee of the whole
as far as considered by that body
and with certain other amendments in
Dictated by him. These amendments
are to make that part of the bill not
considered in committee conform to the
| appropriation bill of last year. After
the reading of the modified bill, Mr..
! Common, of Illinois, criticised the ma or-
ity side for having been obliged to ask
/ the House to pass the measure under
a suspension of the rules. The House
rightfully claimed the right to originate
/ appropriation bills, but in this bill the
House voluntarily and studiously threw
| aside the right, and instead of appro-
| priating according to the needs of the
service, it practically extended appro-
priatiOns of last year.
Milliken. of Maine, attributed the
necessity for request to pass the bill
under IL suspension of the rules to a
desire on the part of the members of
the Committee on Appropriations to
become the monarchS of the House.
Reed, of Maine, referring to the fact
that Holman did not claim the time al
lowed him for debate) was not surprised
at the silence of the gentleman from
Indiana. AT the beginning of the seS-
sion the Republican party assisted with
a generosity as distinguished as it was
patriotic part took in making all the
changes in the rules which were neces-
sary to give the Democratic House a
plain course to run and be glorified. if
glory turned out to be in the land. The
Committee on Appropriations was rel
egated to its duty of bringing before the
House appropriations for the suStenance
of the Government. 1t was relieved from
large portion of its labor because of
scenes similar to that which had been
enacted during the past three days
though not quite so discreditable. With
all these advantages it was amazing to
note the result. 1t was during the last
days of the session that this bill of l0T
pages was now brought before the
house. The house as the representa-
tive of the people properly claimed the
fright to originate the appropriation
bills and yet year after year the
spectacle was presented Of "a
, practicable abdicatiOn on the part
of the house of the very
claim which it made with so loud a
flourish of trumpetS and with so much
affection for the dear people. After
shearing itself of this right to examine
the accounts of the nation, the House
attempted to shear il coordinate body
OF ii right to examine the expenditures.
Why had tile House neglected to audit
the accounts of the nationS On ac-
count of the noble things it had other
wise done? Time failed him to speak
of the great achievements of both
wings of the Democratic party on the
tariff one of them convulSed with
SORROW at the suffering of the people.
the other preparing at the next cleo
party against the charge of free
trade and against the onset of the peo-
pie who would wipe out that party if
; it did not always put in
! front us hostages, the Gen
tleman from Pennsylvania Ran
dall) and those who followed him.
: What other great achievements were
there to record here. Was defence
less country, country without the
; power to protect itself from assault,
: Il country without gun which could
reach a third of the distance of
the guns that could be brought to bear
on it? Fair opportunity had been given
the Democrats by the Republican side
{ to expend large sums of money for the
. deliberately declined and sneeringly as
, sumed the responsibility for so doing
y Referring to the backward condition OF
the Appropriation Bills he submitted
!; that this condition of affairs must
! cease; that in some way the House
q ought to show that it did not Intend
I that the last days of the session should
y be spent in registering the edicts of g
. few committees, but that the House it
. self, representing all the people of the
y United States should not be deprived o.
> that voice in the affairs of the country
, which the Constitution and the COOS
! sense of the people demanded, zap
u plause on the Republican Side.l
Holman-Time is valuable and
? have but to request that vote b
!, taken on the pending motion. Tn
Gentleman scolds very well, but cal
> find women in this town who can bea
II him at that game laughter on Demo
cratic side.l
+ Mr.. Reed-The gentleman from Indi
: ana, and take his word for it, say
y he knows fish women who can scolC
. better than I. / admit his aequain
;. tanee on that subject and / congratu
= late him on his associations daughter.
>, The rules were then suspended ant
u the bill passed 16a to A.
Morrison. of Illinois. called up tn
"a conference report on the Fractional Gal
!. lon Tax Bill. Butterworth, of Ohio
raised the question of consideration
and the House refused, yeas 107 nay
l. 40, to consider the conference report.
Belmont, of New York, presented til
y conference report on the Fisheries Re
% taliatory Bill, announcing q disagree
4 ment.
al Rice, of Massachusetts, called upo
the members of the Houseto rise abov
: party considerations and take actio
70 which would sustain the administra
"a ton in the manly. in the able, and in til
n American position that it had taken O
r this subject. He moved that tn
House recede from its amendments
n the Senate bill. Pending action tn
to House took a recess, till p. m, tn
II evening session to be for the considers
ton of bridge bills
.el At the evening session large nun
IA her of bills were passed authorizing tn
q construction of bridges, among thei
in the following: Across the Nilsson
~. River at Kansas City and at Oman: